Fixation probabilities in a spatially heterogeneous environment

Population Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 51-58

  Gavrilets, S ^a   Gibson, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Mathematical; Model; Rate; Selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MODEL; POPULATION SIZE; SELECTION;

EID: 0036698898     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101440200007     Document Type: Article

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